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China
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
CHINA VS UNITED KINGDOM

Compare China and United Kingdom health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

United Kingdom
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
China Population Pyramid
1,402,405,167
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United Kingdom Population Pyramid
74,081,983
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  China CHINA   United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM
  China CHINA   United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
35.1
37.6
36.3
162
160
162
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
61.0
62.5
61.7
67
79
74
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
64.4
66.7
65.5
67
83
79
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
66.9
69.7
68.3
62
95
87
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
16
16
2000
70.1
73.5
71.7
56
86
70
  
75.3
80.1
77.8
18
23
20
2010
73.5
76.7
75.0
42
74
54
  
78.1
82.2
80.2
15
26
21
2019
74.7
80.5
77.4
52
46
48
  
79.8
83.0
81.4
19
31
25
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  China CHINA   United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.7
80.5
52
46
79.8
83.0
19
31
Age
74.7
80.5
52
46
79.8
83.0
19
31
Age 5
75.4
81.1
53
46
80.2
83.3
19
30
Age 10
75.4
81.2
53
46
80.2
83.3
19
30
Age 15
75.5
81.2
53
46
80.2
83.4
19
30
Age 20
75.6
81.3
56
47
80.3
83.4
20
31
Age 25
75.9
81.4
56
47
80.4
83.5
21
31
Age 30
76.1
81.4
56
47
80.6
83.6
22
31
Age 35
76.3
81.6
58
47
80.8
83.7
23
31
Age 40
76.7
81.7
60
47
81.0
83.8
22
31
Age 45
77.1
81.9
59
47
81.3
84.0
21
30
Age 50
77.6
82.2
61
50
81.8
84.3
21
30
Age 55
78.3
82.6
62
51
82.3
84.7
22
31
Age 60
79.2
83.1
67
52
83.0
85.2
21
31
Age 65
80.3
83.8
73
57
83.9
85.9
18
31
Age 70
81.7
84.8
87
59
85.0
86.8
20
31
Age 75
83.7
86.2
104
63
86.5
87.9
22
31
Age 80
85.9
88.1
147
70
88.4
89.4
21
32
Age 85
88.7
90.6
172
71
90.7
91.3
40
40
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  China CHINA   United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
110.80
58
20.17
169
2. Coronary Heart Disease
97.57
115
43.08
168
3. Lung Disease
54.18
13
19.80
107
4. Lung Cancers
36.63
5
24.68
29
5. Stomach Cancer
20.55
3
3.32
143
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.36
97
42.70
2
7. Hypertension
16.80
98
2.97
167
8. Road Traffic Accidents
15.09
96
2.81
173
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.02
42
12.09
50
10. Oesophagus Cancer
12.42
6
6.08
28
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
11.28
152
20.37
114
12. Kidney Disease
10.39
141
2.86
179
13. Liver Cancer
9.30
33
3.64
146
14. Breast Cancer
8.95
169
17.64
82
15. Diabetes Mellitus
8.56
148
3.59
178
16. Falls
8.04
50
4.31
120
17. Liver Disease
7.57
146
7.90
142
18. Suicide
6.67
121
6.88
116
19. Prostate Cancer
6.41
152
16.66
82
20. Pancreas Cancer
5.72
59
6.20
52
21. Cervical Cancer
5.16
124
2.01
165
22. Parkinson's Disease
3.95
98
4.31
80
23. Drownings
3.66
56
0.40
178
24. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.53
34
0.54
153
25. Other Injuries
3.50
161
3.64
157
26. Leukemia
3.48
97
3.55
93
27. Congenital Anomalies
3.32
150
3.07
155
28. Lymphomas
3.04
145
6.17
37
29. Oral Cancer
2.81
89
2.46
105
30. Ovary Cancer
2.76
153
5.61
45
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.05
106
1.34
138
32. Bladder Cancer
2.04
94
3.54
40
33. Tuberculosis
1.88
111
0.25
155
34. Low Birth Weight
1.76
150
2.42
135
35. Inflammatory/Heart
1.73
168
2.47
151
36. HIV/AIDS
1.62
111
0.23
143
37. Poisonings
1.55
57
0.25
137
38. Endocrine Disorders
1.51
162
2.84
119
39. Birth Trauma
1.40
108
0.35
168
40. Drug Use
1.34
79
4.16
16
41. Asthma
1.29
123
0.86
140
42. Uterin Cancer
1.16
157
2.98
56
43. Alcohol
1.05
111
1.76
69
44. Skin Cancers
1.05
137
2.62
46
45. Malnutrition
0.78
107
0.09
156
46. Epilepsy
0.74
163
1.31
114
47. Violence
0.73
166
1.22
144
48. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.72
150
0.86
147
49. Fires
0.62
129
0.32
162
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.55
41
0.59
38
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  China CHINA   United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
2.043m
21.27
37,626
7.35
2. Coronary Heart Disease
1.772m
18.44
71,728
14.01
3. Lung Disease
968,607
10.08
32,896
6.43
4. Lung Cancers
714,311
7.44
35,715
6.98
5. Stomach Cancer
398,439
4.15
4,999
0.98
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
304,455
3.17
98,135
19.17
7. Hypertension
301,183
3.14
5,208
1.02
8. Road Traffic Accidents
250,272
2.61
2,169
0.42
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
248,388
2.59
18,446
3.60
10. Oesophagus Cancer
242,891
2.53
8,727
1.70
11. Kidney Disease
192,302
2.00
5,471
1.07
12. Influenza and Pneumonia
183,342
1.91
40,540
7.92
13. Liver Cancer
180,952
1.88
5,237
1.02
14. Diabetes Mellitus
161,672
1.68
5,842
1.14
15. Liver Disease
145,603
1.52
7,666
1.50
16. Falls
138,878
1.45
7,618
1.49
17. Suicide
116,324
1.21
5,325
1.04
18. Pancreas Cancer
111,537
1.16
8,995
1.76
19. Breast Cancer
92,757
0.97
12,718
2.48
20. Parkinson's Disease
70,699
0.74
8,573
1.67
21. Rheumatic Heart Disease
65,350
0.68
876
0.17
22. Leukemia
58,145
0.61
5,211
1.02
23. Lymphomas
57,838
0.60
9,350
1.83
24. Oral Cancer
54,695
0.57
3,109
0.61
25. Other Injuries
54,087
0.56
5,464
1.07
26. Drownings
52,807
0.55
301
0.06
27. Cervical Cancer
51,650
0.54
1,099
0.21
28. Prostate Cancer
51,056
0.53
13,289
2.60
29. Bladder Cancer
37,873
0.39
6,133
1.20
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
37,723
0.39
2,090
0.41
31. Congenital Anomalies
36,613
0.38
2,127
0.42
32. Tuberculosis
34,802
0.36
351
0.07
33. Inflammatory/Heart
29,954
0.31
3,126
0.61
34. HIV/AIDS
28,746
0.30
188
0.04
35. Ovary Cancer
28,078
0.29
4,019
0.79
36. Poisonings
25,762
0.27
221
0.04
37. Endocrine Disorders
25,613
0.27
3,297
0.64
38. Drug Use
24,214
0.25
2,824
0.55
39. Asthma
23,147
0.24
1,302
0.25
40. Low Birth Weight
21,631
0.23
1,313
0.26
41. Skin Cancers
19,669
0.20
3,727
0.73
42. Alcohol
19,071
0.20
1,555
0.30
43. Birth Trauma
17,644
0.18
190
0.04
44. Malnutrition
12,995
0.14
116
0.02
45. Uterin Cancer
11,751
0.12
2,346
0.46
46. Epilepsy
11,365
0.12
1,193
0.23
47. Violence
11,115
0.12
868
0.17
48. Fires
10,498
0.11
334
0.07
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
10,108
0.11
1,014
0.20
50. Diarrhoeal diseases
8,719
0.09
1,599
0.31
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  China CHINA   United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
36.63
5
24.68
29
2. Stomach Cancer
20.55
3
3.32
143
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.02
42
12.09
50
4. Oesophagus Cancer
12.42
6
6.08
28
5. Liver Cancer
9.30
33
3.64
146
6. Breast Cancer
8.95
169
17.64
82
7. Prostate Cancer
6.41
152
16.66
82
8. Pancreas Cancer
5.72
59
6.20
52
9. Cervical Cancer
5.16
124
2.01
165
10. Leukemia
3.48
97
3.55
93
11. Lymphomas
3.04
145
6.17
37
12. Oral Cancer
2.81
89
2.46
105
13. Ovary Cancer
2.76
153
5.61
45
14. Bladder Cancer
2.04
94
3.54
40
15. Uterin Cancer
1.16
157
2.98
56
16. Skin Cancers
1.05
137
2.62
46
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.